fostered
Americanadjective
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promoted or cultivated.
We need to cut through the deliberately fostered confusions that persist in the debate surrounding the referendum campaign.
The two-acre garden displays six species of its independently fostered roses.
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cared for as a foster child in the home of someone other than the natural or adoptive parents.
In that jurisdiction, 17 percent of all fostered children aged 5 to 18 had been in the same placement for more than five years.
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(of animals)
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cared for temporarily as a pet in a home until adoption can be arranged, often because medical care is required.
Once recovered, the fostered dogs had a better chance of being adopted than healthy ones straight from the shelter.
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raised by other than its own biological parents.
Two male penguins entrusted with the care of a fostered egg have welcomed a tiny penguin chick into the world.
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verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fostered
First recorded in 1580–90; foster ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; foster ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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They aren’t fostered by technology’s illusion of endless consumption, infinite options and cost-free disembodiment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Some of the outfits seem to confer the power of flight, though that illusion is fostered by the delirious energy of human forms liberated from conformity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
His renown grew after the Everest climb and he fostered a close friendship with the Kennedy family.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
It fostered an unprecedented youth-mental-health crisis that’s still playing out today.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
In his youth, Ned had fostered at the Eyrie, and the childless Lord Arryn had become a second father to him and his fellow ward, Robert Baratheon.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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